Very important shoot-out in the "wrong" end of the FNL, with both Volgar Astrakhan and Dolgie Prudy suffering more anxiety than delight. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home side positioned 18th and the away side in 16th position.
- Volgar Astrakhan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Dolgie Prudy have the most matches under the total-line (11) in FNL
Both squads have had adequate rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's look for an in-your-face fixture!
6-2-12 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Dolgie Prudy when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 20 matches are 24-27 (scored/conceded).
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Volgar Astrakhan form and stats
When playing at home in the FNL, Volgar Astrakhan have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 5 games.
Astrakhan enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Tekstilshchik's place. The match ended 2-1 with A. Yusupov and V. Zhironkin scoring.
In the match before that, Astrakhan hosted Alaniya Vladikavkaz and drew the game 1-1.Volgar Astrakhan are traveling soon after this match as the FNL match at SKA Khabarovsk awaits in four days.
The lack of attacking qualities in Volgar Astrakhan means that they have only scored 2 goals in 5 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Volgar Astrakhan have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Dolgie Prudy form and stats
Dolgie Prudy have only collected 4 points from their away games in the FNL, after 1-1-5 (7 played).
Dolgie delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against SKA Khabarovsk (placed 6th) in their previous match; a FNL game. As mentioned above, Dolgie drew the match against SKA Khabarovsk. Manager R. Pylypchuk brought on A. Korotaev to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Veles.A quick return to home after this game, as Dolgie are hosting Metallurg Lipetsk in the FNL only three days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Dolgie Prudy as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games in the league. Dolgie have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  I. Stefanovich 2 goals | A. Simonyan 2 goals |  Z. Tarasenko 2 goals |
Volgar Astrakhan missing players
Dolgie Prudy missing players
| Volgar Astrakhan | Dolgie Prudy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 40% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 67% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 14% | 8% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 14% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 29% | 42% |
| 8% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 17% |
| 58% | 60% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 57% | 42% |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 7.1 | 7.4 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 7.4 | 6.2 |
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7.3 | 7.6 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 7.9 | 7.8 |
| 2.6 | 3 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| 23% | 13% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 20% | 21% |
- Dolgie Prudy have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Dolgie Prudy have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Dolgie Prudy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dolgie Prudy have the most matches under the total-line (11) in FNL
- Dolgie Prudy haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Volgar Astrakhan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Volgar Astrakhan haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Torpedo Moskva | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 28 |
| 2 | Orenburg | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 3 | Fakel | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 24 |
| 4 | Alaniya Vladikavkaz | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 22 |
| 4 | Chayka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Spartak Moskva II | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 22 |
| 6 | SKA Khabarovsk | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Neftekhimik | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 8 | Krasnodar II | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 9 | KAMAZ | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Veles | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 11 | Baltika | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 12 | Rotor Volgograd | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 13 | Tom' Tomsk | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | Yenisey | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Akron | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 16 | Dolgie Prudy | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 17 | Tekstilshchik | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 9 |
| 18 | Volgar Astrakhan | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 9 |
| 19 | Urozhay | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -11 | 8 |
| 20 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 24 | -25 | 7 |